NCAA beach volleyball, part 2: C-USA, WCC, Sun Belt, ASUN, SLC, OVC
TCU’s Anhelina Khmil jousts with USC’s Madison Shields/Michael Gomez photo This the second of two stories previewing the NCAA beach volleyball season that begins Thursday. This story looks at Conference USA, the West Coast Conference, Sun Belt, ASUN, Southland and Ohio Valley. High-profile independents Texas and Nebraska...
LMU’s John Mayer is coaching his brains out, and winning big
SANTA MONICA, California — It was a most peculiar sight that greeted any visitors or passerby at the new beach volleyball courts on Loyola Marymount University’s campus on the morning of February 17. A dozen or so high school girls were playing beach volleyball, or...
Volleyball today: NCAA approves doubles; AVCA poll; men’s recaps; PVF, LOVB updates
Ohio State’s Justin Howard hits over the Purdue Fort Wayne defense/Kirk Irwin photo If you’re old enough, you remember the jingle for Doublemint gum: “Double your pleasure, double your fun … ” Well, in NCAA women’s volleyball from now on, double on. That’s because “The NCAA Playing Rules Oversight...
Men’s pro volleyball report: Busy week ahead for Champions League, CEV play
This is Blair Lambert’s VolleyballMag.com weekly men’s professional volleyball report, featuring Americans around the world and foreigners who played for NCAA programs. Got a note about a player or a comment for Blair? Email him at blairlambert2@gmail.com Wednesday marks the start of a busy week in...
NCAA beach volleyball preview, part 1: Hawai’i, Big West; USC, Pac-12; CCSA
Will USC dogpile again in Gulf Shores?/Michael Gomez photo In this first of two parts previewing the NCAA beach volleyball season, Coach Evan Silberstein tells us why his Hawaii team of the Big West could be the surprise of the season. We also extoll the virtues...
Tawa’s Club Volleyball Dots: Triple Crown hits a home run
Milwaukee Sting 17 Gold celebrates a stunning come-from-behind win, as libero Natalie Powers (32) celebrates with her teammates/Matt Smith photo This is “Dots,” VolleyballMag.com’s weekly look at 10 things in club volleyball, past or present, that interest me and hopefully will interest you. Look for Dots...
Volley: « Je suis rassuré de fou », Grebennikov raconte le traitement de sa blessure au genou en France
Libéré par son club, le Zénith Saint-Pétersbourg, Jenia Grebennikov est venu soigner sa blessure au genou gauche, ces derniers jours, avec les médecins de l’équipe de France à Tours. Contacté par RMC Sport, le libéro des Bleus fait le point avec de l’envie, de la...
Robinson Cook, Plummer, Conegliano take Italian Cup; Gray, Minas win in S. America
Congeliano celebrates winning the Coppa Italia/LVF photo This is our weekly update on USA women playing professional volleyball around the world. Most of the players are former NCAA standouts: Italy Imoco Volley Conegliano won its fifth Italian Cup (Coppa Italia) in a row with a 25-21, 22-25, 25-19,...
Volley: Amaury Delbart nouveau président du RC Cannes
Le Racing Club de Cannes a tourné une page de son histoire avec le départ de son président Agostino Pesce, lors du Conseil d’administration lundi soir. Le rapprochement du club féminin avec l’entité masculine, AS Cannes, est sur les rails. RMC Sport vous révèle les...
Grand Rapids, Omaha, Vegas notch Pro Volleyball Federation victories
Orlando’s Carly Skjodt hits into the Omaha block of Hristina Vuchkova and Jess Schaben-Lansman/Bonnie Ryan photo for Omaha Supernovas The Grand Rapids Rise beat the visiting Atlanta Vibe in five sets Sunday in the Pro Volleyball Federation. Later Sunday, the Omaha Supernovas, with another PVF record crowd,...
NCAA volleyball coaches salaries rising, but trail basketball, others
The confetti rained on Texas coach Jerritt Elliott after his Longhorns won the 2023 NCAA title/@AndyWenstrand When Texas and Nebraska faced off in the NCAA Division I Women’s Volleyball Championship title match this past December in Tampa, it featured two of the most prominent coaches in...
Top NCAA volleyball coaching salaries for 2022, 2023
Nebraska coach John Cook calls a serve against Texas in the 2023 NCAA championship match/@AndyWenstrand The pay rate for NCAA women’s volleyball coaches varies greatly, but much like other college sports, that rate is tied to longevity and success. The lists below give the compensation for the...
Volley: Agostino Pesce poussé vers la sortie dans le cadre d’une fusion entre le RCC et l’AS Cannes
EXCLU RMC SPORT - La fusion entre les clubs féminins et masculins de la Croisette devrait connaître une étape cruciale ce lundi soir. Le président du Racing devrait être débarqué par le conseil d’administration du club de Ligue A Féminine. Révélations. Read More Home Volleyball - actualités ...
NCAA volleyball: Long Beach, GCU, UCLA, UCI, Ohio St., Ball St. all win
North Greenville’s Michael de la Cruz attacks against Barton/North Greenville photo Top-ranked Long Beach State, unbeaten No. 2 Grand Canyon, No. 4 UCLA and No. 7 UC Irvine — behind 28 kills from Hilir Henno — all won Saturday in NCAA men’s Division I-II men’s volleyball. Eight-ranked...
GCU men roll on, Lindenwood upsets; AVCA beach poll; Valkyries win in Pro Volleyball
Second-ranked Grand Canyon opened MPSF play Friday with a hard-fought sweep at BYU to stay unbeated in NCAA men’s volleyball, unranked Lindenwood upset No. 13 Lewis in the MIVA, there were three EIVA conference openers and two guys named Zach had 22 kills each in...
‘Que it up: Triple Crown Volleyball NIT is a Kansas City triple threat
We’re going to Kansas City, where the Triple Crown NIT is in town. For more than a decade now, the NIT has been synonymous with the best girls’ club volleyball in the country. Bar none. It really is a “Who’s Who” of the best the sport has to...
Who plays who: Big Ten announces 2024 opponent volleyball schedule
Illinois and setter Brooke Mosher have home B1G matches in 2024 against Michigan, Michigan State, Northwestern, Penn State, UCLA, USC and Wisconsin/Craig Pessman photo After waiting until June for the last couple of years to announce conference volleyball schedules, the Big Ten dropped a February surprise...
Ball State, McKendree, UCSB win men’s volleyball; PVF’s Omaha tops Vegas
Ball State’s Tinaishe Ndavazocheva hits against the PFW block of Bryce Walker, left, and Davey Singer/Ball State photo Ball State and McKendree won MIVA matches and UC Santa Barbara won a tough four-setter against a DIII opponent in NCAA Division I-II men’s volleyball Thursday. In the Pro...
UCLA, USC, Loyola win in men’s volleyball; Omaha goes to Vegas in PVF
There were six NCAA men’s Division I-II volleyball matches Wednesday and all but one were sweeps, including No. 4 UCLA beating No. 9 Pepperdine, No. 12 USC topping Concordia Irvine and No. 10 Loyola defeating No. 13 Lewis. An NCAA women’s team promoted a coach and...
Girls club volleyball Dream Team: Morris, Mortensen, Ocampo, Varela, Hanes, Williams, Brooks, Planeta
Every Wednesday during the club season, VolleyballMag recognizes a Dream Team of eight girls volleyball players (15s to 18s age groups) who were standouts the weekend before. The team, most weeks, consisted of the following: Setter or S/RS Setter, S/RS or RS OH OH MB MB Libero DS We include our eight-player Dream Team...